Story typing guides

Free practice

Type 26 public-domain story collections

26 collections in the Story library—Aesop fables, fairy tales, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen tales, Greek and Norse myths, American folktales, Roman and Celtic myths, Japanese folktales, classic essays, and fifteen Gutenberg novels (Treasure Island, Alice, Looking-Glass, Oz, Peter Pan, Sherlock, Anne, Secret Garden, Call of the Wild, Wind in the Willows, Tom Sawyer, Frankenstein, Huck Finn, Little Women, and Pride and Prejudice)—with short passages and chapter-by-chapter Gutenberg novels.

1. Step 1

   Pick a collection

   Aesop fables, fairy tales, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen tales, Greek and Norse myths, American folktales, Roman and Celtic myths, Japanese folktales, classic essays, and fifteen Gutenberg novels (Treasure Island, Alice, Looking-Glass, Oz, Peter Pan, Sherlock, Anne, Secret Garden, Call of the Wild, Wind in the Willows, Tom Sawyer, Frankenstein, Huck Finn, Little Women, and Pride and Prejudice)—short shelves or Gutenberg novel chapters.

2. Step 2

   Choose a passage

   Select a title, chapter part, or shuffle random story text for the timer.

3. Step 3

   Run a timed block

   One, three, or five minutes on the passage you are reading.

4. Step 4

   Keep reading

   After each run, Previous and Next on the result screen move you through the collection with the same timer and URL parameters.